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"I didn't know anything about politics when I started at South, and I was really quiet," McDonald says, shouldering a backpack stuck with anti-Bush buttons. "Now I'm not afraid to speak out, and I know what doing work is. I know how to get stuff done."
McDonald credits much of his interest in politics to Mike Corey, a social studies teacher who's been at South since 1999. McDonald's taken each of Corey's classes -- in ancient and medieval history and government -- and has worked as an aide in his classroom as a senior. But he hasn't seen his teacher in more than two months. No one at South has.
"I miss him," says McDonald, who registered to vote the day he turned eighteen. "Mr. Corey is a big part of who I am, and it's just weird not having him here."
In late February, Corey stood before his AP Government class and held up a copy of the Rocky Mountain News, which featured a story about the Federal Marriage Amendment sponsored by Colorado's very own U.S. House of Representatives member, Marilyn Musgrave, and endorsed by the Bush White House. Corey often used the newspaper in class as a kind of dynamic daily textbook. He liked to get kids riled up about current events, often pushing their buttons to engage them. On this day, when a Christian student said she objected to gay marriage for religious reasons, Corey thought for a moment, then asked her: "What if Jesus were gay?"
Rhetorical though it was, the question didn't play well with the girl -- or her parents, who complained to South's principal, Bill Kohut. Others shared the feeling that this time, Corey had gone too far. On March 3 he was placed on paid leave, and South administrators are currently deciding whether to retain him or recommend that he be fired by Denver Public Schools; if they choose the latter, Corey will have the option of a hearing with the school board. (Because his case is still pending, Corey declined to comment; South administrators did not return calls.) In the meantime, he cannot have any contact with students or colleagues, which means he probably won't be allowed to attend McDonald's graduation ceremony on May 21.
McDonald and his friend, Joey Miller, think Corey got a raw deal, so they organized a small but visible protest of their teacher's suspension. On Thursday, May 13, the last day of school for seniors, they passed out 250 buttons reading "I Support Mr. Corey/Let Teachers Teach!!!" McDonald and Miller paid for the buttons themselves and gave them out to anyone who would take them, including teachers and janitors. As students clamored through South's auditorium, picking up caps and gowns for graduation and signing yearbooks, some were covered in the yellow pins; one teacher commented that the school looked "like a political convention."
"I love our school, and I love our principal, but I just felt like we really need to stand up for Mr. Corey," McDonald says. "He really set the pace for my high school career. He's been there every step of the way. And now I won't even be able to say goodbye. It just doesn't seem right."
"It just seems like they went about it the wrong way," adds eighteen-year old Miller. "Nobody really saw it coming. It was like he was just put on administrative leave before they even investigated him. It seemed like they should have done it the other way around and maybe tried to help him."
Besides, McDonald and Miller add, staging a non-violent protest -- even one limited to the distribution of low-cost buttons -- is just the kind of thing Corey would have encouraged them to do.
"Corey taught us that you can't just complain about things if you're not going to do anything to change them," McDonald says. "I like to complain, but now I think about different ways that I can do it productively and make a point."
Corey's own life is proof of that to his students. A graduate of Georgetown University, he was working as a stockbroker in New York when he saw a pro-education speech by Bill Clinton that encouraged him to get in a classroom; in 1999, he moved to Colorado and started subbing before landing a job at South. Since then, he's earned a reputation as an exemplary and involved teacher. He launched the school's AP Government course, won a Fulbright Scholarship to study in China and won a Colorado Excellence in Teaching award; last year, his ninth-grade government students won a $9,000 grant from the National Civic League after winning the statewide Student Voices competition. "He is a permanent student of the subject matters taught in Social Studies," wrote Jon Scott Torgenson, the chair of South's social studies department, in a letter about Corey. "He illustrates the need for us all to never close the door on learning."


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On Sunday, ABC's This Week previewed the Super Bowl by discussing the tumultuous year the NFL has gone through, from child abuse charges to Deflategate. During a panel discussion at the end of the broadcast, Gwen Ifill, anchor of PBS NewsHour, lamented the fact that millions of Americans "may know, the evidence may be in front of them, but it's almost sad that many Americans just don't want to be bothered with it."
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American liberals revere the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as if they were the gold standard for reliable international news coverage. They won't acknowledge that the BBC has all the leftist impulses that American liberal media outlets do, and a few more.
For example, Adam Sherwin at the (U.K.) Independent reported on January 25 that Tarik Kafala, the head of BBC Arabic, the largest of the BBC's non-English language news services, would not describe the Muslim attackers who shot up the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo as "terrorists."
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On Sunday's Meet the Press, moderator Chuck Todd took House Speaker John Boehner to task for inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to Congress without notifying the White House ahead of time. During an interview with Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI), Todd accused Boehner of trying to "antagonize the relationship between the two sides" and wondered "is that worth doing?"
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Chris Matthews is doing it again -- comparing the MSNBC liberal laundry list of issues to the Founding Fathers. Instead of a silly "Lean Forward" ad, it's been published as an op-ed in Sunday's Washington Post.
Matthews urged the Democrats to pick Philadelphia for its 2016 convention because it's surrounded by our early American history, and rambled about how great it was for him as a teen to wander around the Democrats' 1964 convention in Atlantic City.
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A journalist named Chenjerai Kumanyika wants to put his black voice on when he gets in front of the microphone. He says his black friends turn off NPR because it sounds "too white." None of these people hear how racist this sounds.
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At the recent meeting of the world's elites in Davos, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and former Mexican President Felipe Calderon circulated a proposal to ban cars in all major cities in the world by dense-packing their layouts. The cost, as I noted on Monday: a mere $90 trillion (that's right, trillion). It's telling in a foreboding sense that the pair's idea wasn't laughed off the continent.
Enviro-nutty ideas such as these trace their origin to Gore's 1992 book, "Earth in the Balance," in which Gore called the internal combustion engine "the mankind's greatest enemy." In reality, it is arguably the greatest enabler of human progress in the world's history. So readers should take some delight in articles appearing two years apart — one at Time.com, and another at the Wall Street Journal, where the authors predict that the odds seem to be in favor of the evil internal combustion engine continuing to outshine the enviros' favored alternatives for at least the next couple of decades. Gore and his media enablers surely wail and gnash their teeth when such inconvenient items rear their scientific heads.
By Clay Waters | January 31, 2015 | 10:44 PM EST
Not content with reporting the news, the New York Times on Saturday tried to manufacture its own, issuing a "climate change" poll with an environmental group, and putting it on the front page as news in order to push the paper's own left-wing alarmist view of global warming.
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Over at American Thinker, Thomas Lifson caught a damning admission the New York Times made in a correction to a Thursday piece by Carl Hulse and Jeremy W. Peters. The correction blew apart their write-up's entire premise, namely that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was trying to make amends with congressional Democrats and having to explain why "the White House had been circumvented before he was invited to speak before Congress."
Trouble is, the White House hadn't been circumvented at all, as the correction clearly indicated (bold is mine):
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The world's smallest violin this week goes to Politico labor reporter Mike Elk.
Elk, who has bragged about unionizing workplaces where he has previously toiled, is working on doing the same thing at the alleged news site, which is really a Democratic Party stenography machine posing as one. His major complaint, seen in an item by Erik Wemple at his Washington Post blog, follows the jump (bolds are mine):
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For the seventh straight year, Barack Obama will be interviewed prior to the Super Bowl. Just before the kickoff between the Seahawks and the Patriots, the President will talk to NBC's Savannah Guthrie. This will be the third Super Bowl interview with NBC. Back in 2009, Matt Lauer gushed to the new president: "Has there been any surprise in terms about life in the White House? Is there something at the White House that you didn't think they had or doesn't have that you thought they did have?"
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Hunter contends that right-wingers feel that the left is "out to get" them, and that they "consider…breaking the law itself to be a noble thing, when done in service to conservatism, which is why the various Fox News talking heads spoke of armed standoffs at the Bundy Ranch in approving tones and with references to the Founding Fathers."
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Before Mitt Romney withdrew from the 2016 presidential race, The Washington Post -- the paper that tried in 2012 to paint Romney as a rich bully for some dopey prep school roughhousing -- was playing the class warfare card again. In an article tis past week by Philip Bump the paper headlined this question: "How Big is Mitt Romney's California House?"
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Kenneth Edelle Foster, 51, a retired Army sergeant whose wife lost her life at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, died Oct. 10 at his home in Arlington, Tex., of pulmonary fibrosis and congestive heart failure. He had lived in the Washington area since 1972 and moved back to North Texas, where he grew up, in 2003.
A civilian Army policy analyst, Mr. Foster was working in his office in the Hoffman Building in Alexandria on Sept. 11 when he got word that a plane had hit the Pentagon, where his wife, Sandra Nadine Hill, had worked for 25 years. He jumped into his truck and raced toward the billowing black cloud he could see in the distance, going the wrong way on Interstate 95.
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Foster sank into depression, tried to commit suicide on his favorite holiday, Thanksgiving, and attempted to rebuild his life by moving away from Washington and launching a college scholarship fund in his wife's memory.
Mr. Foster's friends and family were fully aware of the seriousness of his lung disease, which got worse after he lost his wife, but they don't believe his illness caused his death.
"He could have got over his physical ailments, I believe," his mother said, "but he just didn't want to live. He died of a broken heart. We all know that."
Read the whole thing here . Says my reader: "Makes you feel enraged when Kerry says 9/11 didn't change him much at all."
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actually Colt does have a 1911 that is DA, the New Agent model with a 3" barrel.
Don't know why anyone would want a DA 1911 but someone must?? Here's a FS 5" DA from Colt, the model O1991DA;
Now if i could afford a coonan .357 then yeah, sa is fine, lol, i dont know why, i just like sa/da over either one or the other. Ill shoot more 1911 before i ever a actually go out and buy one of any onfig, til that day comes my ruger service six will work just fine.
Never seen a DA/SA but had a Para "1911" DAO in 9mm & it wer SLICK
Texan By Birth & Choice USMC/VIET NAM VET
If you have to have a D/A in a .45acp The HK USP Compact is a really good choice. It also comes in .40S&W I have both they have both never failed in any way.http://www.hk-usa.com/civilian_products/uspc_general.asp


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Three alleged rapists held
Comment on this storyThree men wanted in connection with the rape of a 31-year-old woman have been arrested in Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Thursday.
Captain Thulani Zwane said the gang-rape happened on June 6, and the men were arrested on Wednesday.
"Three suspects between the ages of 20 and 30 allegedly accosted the woman at gunpoint and took turns raping her in Nhlalenhle, Greytown. They were arrested in the town's old taxi rank.
"One of them was found in possession of an unlicensed firearm suspected to have been used in the rape."
Police would run ballistic tests to determine if the firearm had been used in other crimes. The men would face charges of rape and illegal possession of a firearm when they appeared in the Greytown Magistrate's Court. – Sapa
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Fresh Air Technologies' skilled technicians pull from over 20 years of combined experience in environmental consulting and the battling of mold. Services include air duct cleaning, aero seal air duct sealing, waterproofing, and fully sealed crawlspace installation.
Aire Serv of Western North Carolina's NATE-certified technicians keep winter winds at bay with furnace maintenance that also heads fire hazards off at the pass. During a detailed tune-up, technicians who, unlike secret-service agents, work by the job and not the hour, scrutinize the system's interior and make necessary adjustments before wiping off dust and grime and running the equipment through a comprehensive safety check. Regular furnace maintenance ensures heaters work at the top of their toasting game while reducing the risk of dangers such as fires or prince-and-pauper scenarios wherein furnaces change places with unpredictable dragons.
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Though retired after years of keeping Columbia residents comfortable, Earl F. Martin still checks in frequently on Bryan Evans and Andy Coggins. Dedicated and experienced techs, Evans and Coggins lead the company while keeping clients educated about the importance of maintaining HVAC systems and filling vases around the house with expired milk to ward off ghosts. With each home visit, their EPA-certified technicians make sure HVAC systems are working at peak efficiency while also informing homeowners on the best ways to stay comfortable and energy efficient. The technicians receive in-house training each week, and they frequently attend continuing courses to stay ahead of HVAC innovations and pop quizzes.
A team of licensed technicians stands at homeowners' disposal around the clock for virtually any housecare service. Specialists in heating, cooling services, the technicians understand that sometimes a repair job just can't wait. See which additional services are available in your area here. See licensing information here.


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The FTSE 100 Index retreated 98.61 points, or 1.7 percent, to 5,674.38 yesterday. The FTSE All-Share Index fell 1.7 percent, while Ireland's ISEQ Index declined 1.2 percent.
Allied Irish Banks Plc (ALBK) : The Dublin-based bank said the state's stake is likely to rise "substantially beyond" its current 93 percent level as part of the bank's capital increase. The stock dived 5.5 percent to 15.6 euro cents.
Bank of Ireland Plc (BKIR LN): Ireland's largest bank may raise a total of 2.5 billion euros ($3.6 billion) from its offer to swap subordinated debt for equity or cash, according to Glas Securities, the Dublin-based fixed-income firm. The shares plunged 5.4 percent to 12.2 euro cents.
Berkeley Group Holdings Plc (BKG) : The U.K.'s largest homebuilder by market value said annual profit rose 19 percent as the company sold more homes at higher prices. The stock dropped 3 percent to 1,131 pence.
GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK) : The attorney generals of 37 U.S. states and the District of Columbia reached a $40.8 million settlement with Glaxo and SB Pharmco Puerto Rico Inc. to resolve allegations they breached drug manufacturing standards. The shares fell 0.7 percent to 1,272.5 pence.
Glencore International Plc (GLEN LN): JPMorgan Chase & Co. rated the world's largest commodity trader "neutral" in new coverage and set a price estimate for the shares at 550 pence. The stock dropped 4.8 percent to 466.65 pence.
Shire Plc (SHP) : The drugmaker won a U.S. panel's backing to sell a new treatment for a generic swelling disease that would compete with CSL Ltd.'s Berinert and Dyax Inc. Outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted 12-1 in favor of approval of Shire's Firazyr for treating acute attacks of hereditary angioedema. The FDA isn't required to follow their recommendations. The shares rose 0.4 percent to 1,854 pence.
Unilever (ULVR LN): The world's second-largest consumer- goods company appointed Harish Manwani, its president for Asia and Africa, as chief operating officer to spur growth in emerging markets. The stock dropped 1.7 percent to 1,941 pence.
Vodafone Group Plc (VOD) : Exane BNP Paribas reiterated its "outperform" recommendation for the world's largest mobile-phone operator, saying the stock's selloff offers a "good entry point" for investors. The shares slid 0.9 percent to 163 pence.
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text: Ok......so I made the oppsie rolls. I added jalepenos and cheddar cheese. They are ok. They may be better tomorrow (you know some things are). I don't hate them and I guess to make a BLT they'll be GREAT. I'm not sure what I was expecting. Well yes, I am sure. I was expecting a warm, savory, dripping in butter, roll :drool: :lol: Actually they are good and I am sure I will make them again :)


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Washington, D. C. 20549
(Mark One)
x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands except share data)
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands except per share data) (unaudited)
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity
For the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2012 and March 26, 2011
(in thousands except per share data) (unaudited)
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands of dollars) (unaudited)
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2012
Note 1: Basis of Presentation
The financial statements have been prepared by The L.S. Starrett Company (the "Company") in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. These unaudited condensed financial statements, which, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments (including normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation, should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2011. Operating results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any future interim period or for the entire fiscal year.
During the first quarter of fiscal 2012, the Company fully reserved for a receivable from a foreign customer in the amount of $831,000 due to increased uncertainty in the ability and willingness of the customer to repay its balance. The Company is pursuing various options to recover the amount it is owed, however, there is no assurance that it will be successful in doing so.
As discussed further in Note 4, on November 22, 2011, the Company acquired all the assets of Bytewise Development Corporation. The results of operations for this acquired business are included in the Company's results of operations as presented herein since such date.
The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make judgments, assumptions and estimates that affect amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Note 2 to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2011 describes the significant accounting policies and methods used in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements which includes a change in the Company's method of accounting for defined benefit pension costs. Results of operations for the three and nine months ended March 26, 2011 presented herein have been retroactively adjusted for this accounting change.
The Company has evaluated and disclosed subsequent events or transactions that occurred after March 31, 2012 through the date of issuance of these financial statements.
Note 2: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2011-04 to amend fair value measurements and related disclosures; the guidance becomes effective on a prospective basis for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2012. This new guidance results in a consistent definition of fair value and common requirements for measurement of and disclosure about fair value between International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") and U.S. GAAP. The new guidance also changes some fair value measurement principles and enhances disclosure requirements related to activities in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The adoption of this updated authoritative guidance is not expected to have any impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05 to amend the presentation of comprehensive income in financial statements. This guidance allows companies the option to present other comprehensive income in either a single continuous statement or in two separate but consecutive statements. Under both alternatives, companies will be required to present each component of net income and comprehensive income. The adoption of this updated authoritative guidance will impact the presentation of our consolidated financial statements, but it will not change the items that must be reported in other comprehensive income. The guidance must be applied retrospectively and is effective for the first quarter of fiscal 2013. We are in the process of evaluating the presentation options required by this ASU.
Note 3: Plant Closing
The Company closed its Dominican Republic facility effective December 31, 2011. The decision to close the facility was the result of the previously disclosed Sears decision to no longer purchase "Craftsman" brand measuring tapes from the Company. The Company incurred approximately $0.3 million expense in total closure costs which were recorded in the fiscal 2012 second quarter and related to closure severance and assets write-offs. The costs included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations in costs of sales, selling, general and administrative expenses and other income and expense are ($0.1) million $0.2 million, and $0.1 million, respectively.
Note 4: Business Acquisition
On November 22, 2011 a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") with Bytewise Development Corporation ("Bytewise") pursuant to which the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company purchased all of the assets of Bytewise for $15.4 million in cash plus the assumption of certain liabilities. The asset purchase was financed through a term loan under the Company's existing security agreement. The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and covenants. In connection with the Purchase Agreement, $1.55 million of the purchase price was placed into escrow to support the indemnification obligations of Bytewise and its shareholders. Under the Purchase Agreement, the former owners of Bytewise will be entitled to a 40% share of any profits from Bytewise's operations over the next three years so long as they remain employed by the Company. The Company has accrued for such profit sharing as an expense based on Bytewise's results of operations since the date of acquisition.
Bytewise designs, develops and manufactures non-contact, industrial measurement systems and software that capture the external geometric profile of a product and analyze that data to meet measurement and/or quality control requirements.
The acquisition was accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting. The total purchase price was allocated to Bytewise's net tangible assets and identifiable intangible assets based on their estimated fair value as of November 22, 2011. The preliminary allocation of the purchase price is based upon management's initial valuation and the Company's estimates and assumptions and is subject to change within the measurement period as the valuation is finalized. Prior to the end of the measurement period for finalizing the purchase price allocation, any changes will be included in the purchase price allocation retrospectively.
The table below presents the preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the acquired net assets of Bytewise (in thousands):
Acquisition costs were expensed as incurred and totaled approximately $24 thousand and $121 thousand for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012 respectively, which are included in selling, general and administrative expenses.
The estimates for definite-lived amortizable intangible assets acquired include approximately $4.95 million for customer relationships, $1.48 million for trademarks and trade names, $2.0 million for completed technology, $0.6 million for non-compete agreements and $0.26 million for order backlog. Amortizable intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their respective useful lives. The preliminary weighted-average amortization period is 9.3 years.
The acquisition was completed on November 22, 2011 and accordingly results of operations from such date have been included in the Company's Statement of Operations. For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, the Bytewise acquisition resulted in an additional $1.8 million and $2.8 million, respectively, of consolidated revenue and had an insignificant impact on net earnings.
Supplemental Pro Forma Information
The following information reflects the Bytewise acquisition as if the transaction had occurred as of the beginning of the Company's fiscal 2011. The unaudited pro forma information does not necessarily reflect the actual results that would have occurred had the Company and Bytewise been combined during the periods presented, nor is it necessarily indicative of the future results of operations of the combined companies.
The following table represents select unaudited consolidated pro forma data (in thousands except per share amounts):
Note 5: Fair Value Measurements
The Company categorizes its financial assets and liabilities accounted for on a recurring basis at fair value, based on the priority of the inputs to the valuation technique, into a three-level fair value hierarchy. If the inputs used to measure the financial instruments fall within different levels of the hierarchy, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement of the instrument.
Such financial assets and liabilities recorded on the balance sheets are categorized based on the inputs to the valuation techniques as follows:
As of March 31, 2012 and June 30, 2011, the Company's Level 1 financial assets were as follows (in thousands):
As of March 31, 2012 and June 30, 2011, the Company did not have any liabilities accounted for at fair value nor any Level 2 or 3 financial assets accounted for at fair value.
The carrying value amounts of cash, trade receivables and trade payables approximate fair value because of the short maturity of these financial instruments. The fair value of the notes payable and long term debts approximates its carrying amount.
Note 6: Inventories
Inventories consist of the following (in thousands):
LIFO inventories were $19.8 million and $15.4 million at March 31, 2012 and June 30, 2011, respectively, or approximately $26.9 million and $26.2 million, respectively, less than their respective balances if costed on a FIFO basis. The use of LIFO, as compared to FIFO, resulted in a $0.7 million increase in cost of sales for the nine months ended March 31, 2012 compared to a $0.1 million increase in cost of sales in the nine months ended March 26, 2011. The use of LIFO, as compared to FIFO, resulted in a $0.9 million increase in cost of sales for the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared to a $0.6 million increase in cost of sales in the three months ended March 26, 2011.
Note 7: Goodwill and Intangibles
The following represents the change in the carrying amount of goodwill (in thousands):
Amortizable intangible assets consist of the following (in thousands):
Amortizable intangible assets are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the period of expected economic benefit. Amortization expense of $504 thousand was recorded on the Bytewise acquisition assets as of March 31, 2012.
The estimated useful lives of the intangible assets subject to amortization are 14 years for trademarks and trade names, 8 years for non-compete agreements, 10 years for completed technology, 8 years for customer relationships and .5 years for Backlog.
The estimated aggregate amortization expense for the remainder of fiscal 2012, for each of the next five years and thereafter, is as follows (in thousands):
Note 8: Pension and Post Retirement Benefits
Net periodic benefit costs for the Company's defined benefit pension plans consist of the following (in thousands):
Net periodic benefit costs for the Company's postretirement medical plan consists of the following (in thousands):
The Company's pension plans use fair value as the market-related value of plan assets and recognize actuarial gains or losses in other comprehensive income/(loss). Net actuarial gains or losses in excess of ten percent (10%) of the greater of the market-related value of plan assets or of the plans' projected benefit obligation will be recognized in net periodic (benefit) cost as of the plan measurement date, which is the same as the fiscal year end of the Company.
Note 9: Debt
Debt, including capitalized lease obligations, is comprised of the following (in thousands):
The material financial covenants of the Loan and Security Agreement (Line of Credit) are 1) maintain a minimum Tangible Net Worth of $120 million excluding any pension liability, 2) purchase no more than $15.0 million in capital expenditures on a fiscal year basis, 3) maintain a Debt Service Coverage Ratio of a minimum of 1.25 to 1 and 4) maintain consolidated cash plus liquid investments of not less than $10.0 million at any time. As of March 31, 2012, the Company was in compliance with each of these financial covenants.
The effective interest rate on the Line of Credit under the Loan and Security Agreement for the nine-months ended March 31, 2012 was 1.91%.
On November 22, 2011, in conjunction with the Bytewise acquisition, the Company entered into a new $15.5 million term loan (the "Term Loan") under the existing Loan and Security Agreement with TD Bank N.A. The term loan is a ten year loan bearing a fixed interest rate of 4.5% and is payable in fixed monthly payments of principal and interest of $160,640. The term loan is subject to the same financial covenants as the Loan and Security Agreement.
The Company completed the negotiations for a new Loan and and Security Agreement (Line of Credit) and executed the new agreement as of April 25, 2012. The new Line of Credit is effective for three years commencing April 25, 2012 and expires on April 30, 2015. The new agreement continues the current line of $23.0 million and interest rate of LIBOR plus 1.5%. The material financial covenants of the new Loan and Security Agreement are: 1) total liabilities cannot exceed 85% of tangible net worth, 2) purchase no more than $15.0 million in capital expenditures on a fiscal year basis, 3) maintain a Debt Service Coverage Rate of a minimum of 1.25 to 1 and 4) maintain consolidated cash plus liquid investments of not less than $10.0 million at any time. Based upon the terms of the newly amended Security and Loan Agreement, the Line of Credit has been reclassified to long-term debt in fiscal 2012 as the Agreement has a maturity greater than one year and meets all of the criteria necessary to be so classified.
Note 10: Income Tax
The Company is subject to U.S. federal income tax and various state, local and foreign income taxes in numerous jurisdictions. The Company's domestic and foreign tax liabilities are subject to the allocation of revenues and expenses in different jurisdictions and the timing of recognizing revenues and expenses. Additionally, the amount of income taxes paid is subject to the Company's interpretation of applicable tax laws in the jurisdictions in which it files.
The Company provides for income taxes on an interim basis based on an estimate of the effective tax rate for the year. This estimate is reassessed on a quarterly basis. Discrete tax items are accounted for in the quarterly period in which they occur.
The effective tax rate for the third quarter of fiscal 2012 was 29.6%. The effective tax rate for the third quarter of fiscal 2011 was 22.5%. For the nine months of fiscal 2012 the effective tax rate was 40.0% and for the nine months of fiscal 2011 it was 39.4%. Discrete items impacting the fiscal 2012 effective tax rate included a state audit adjustment of $132,000 to increase the Company's liability for uncertain tax positions related to a proposed state income tax settlement, an adjustment of $84,000 to decrease the deferred tax asset balance due to a reduction in the UK tax rate, a release of reserves no longer subject to audit of $700,000 as well as an increase in tax expense of $342,000 to reflect the provision to return differences for the fiscal 2011 tax return.
The Company has substantially concluded all U.S. federal income tax matters for years through fiscal 2006. As of March 31, 2012, the Company had one state income tax audit in progress. There were no other local or federal income tax audits in progress as of March 31, 2012. In international jurisdictions including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, UK, Germany, New Zealand, and Mexico, which comprise a significant portion of the Company's operations, the years that may be examined vary by country. Brazil is subject to audit for the years 2007 – 2011.
Other than the adjustment for a proposed state tax settlement referred to above, the Company has identified no new uncertain tax positions during the six month period ended March 31, 2012 for which it is reasonably possible that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly increase or decrease within the next twelve months.
No valuation allowance has been recorded for the Company's domestic federal net operating loss (NOL) carry forwards. The Company continues to believe that due to the domestic liability for uncertain tax positions along with certain tax planning strategies available, it is more likely than not that it will be able to utilize the federal NOL carry forwards.
Note 11: Prior Period Adjustment
During the first quarter of fiscal 2012, the Company determined that its retained earnings balance was overstated due to an error in the method of calculating compensation expense imputed under the employee stock option plan which had accumulated over a period of years. These errors, which arose in periods prior to July 1, 2011, are not considered to be material to previously issued financial statements. In order to correct these immaterial errors, the Company has revised the accompanying balance sheet as of the earliest period presented (June 26, 2010), to decrease retained earnings by $548,000 and to increase additional paid in capital by the same amount. No adjustments were required to be made to the accompanying fiscal 2011 statements of operations and cash flows as such adjustments were deemed to be immaterial.
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and March 26, 2011
The Company benefitted from the economic recovery, particularly in the manufacturing sector, as both the North America and International groups posted sales gains. Net sales increased $5.8 million or 10% from $58.7 million in fiscal 2011 to $64.5 million in fiscal 2012. Operating income of $3.0 million for fiscal 2011, which included a $1.35 million gain on sale of building, exceeded fiscal 2012 profits of $2.8 million by $0.2 million.
Net Sales
Net sales in North America increased $3.0 million or 10% from $30.3 million to $33.3 million. Precision tools and saw products were the primary drivers for the gain more than offsetting modest declines in granite and optical shipments. Bytewise, acquired on November 22, 2011, also contributed $1.8 million to the improved performance in North America. International net sales increased $2.8 million or 10% from $28.4 million to $31.2 million with gains of 9% and 6% from Brazil and Scotland, respectively. Exchange rate fluctuations were unfavorable by $1.2 million.
Gross Margin
Gross margins increased $1.9 million but declined from 33.3% of sales in fiscal 2011 to 33.2 % of sales in fiscal 2012. North American gross margins increased $1.8 million or 20% from $9.1 million or 30% of sales in fiscal 2011 to $10.9 or 33% of sales in fiscal 2012. Efficiencies in our major manufacturing facilities, the elimination of losses from the shutdown of the Dominican Republic facility, and inclusion of the higher margin Bytewise sales all contributed to the improved performance. The Bytewise acquisition contributed $1.0 million to the higher gross margins. International gross margins increased a modest $0.1 million due to unfavorable exchange rates related to a weakening Brazilian Real.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $0.8 million or 4.5%. North American expenses increased $0.9 million principally due to expenses of the newly acquired Bytewise business. International expenses declined $0.1 million or 2% due to exchange rate changes.
Other (Expense) / Income
An increase of other expense of $0.5 million was the result of higher interest costs related to higher debt levels and unfavorable exchange rates.
Net Earnings
Net earnings declined $0.8 million from $2.3 million or $0.35 cents per share to $1.6 million or $0.23 cents per share, primarily due to a $0.9 after tax gain on the sale of a building in fiscal 2011.
Nine months ended March 31, 2012 and March 26, 2011
Balanced global growth continued in fiscal 2012 compared to fiscal 2011 with sales gains realized equally in North America and International. Net sales increased $16.5 million or 9.5 % from $173.6 million in fiscal 2011 to $190.1 million in fiscal 2012. Operating income of $8.2 million for fiscal 2011, which included a $1.35 million gain on sale of building, exceeded fiscal 2012 operating income of $7.9 million by $0.3 million.
Net Sales
Net sales in North America increased $8.3 million or 10% from $86.6 million in fiscal 2011 to $94.9 million in fiscal 2012 as a result of a strong revenue growth for precision tools and saw products as well as $2.8 million in incremental revenue from the Bytewise acquisition. International net sales increased $8.2 million or 9% from $86.9 million in fiscal 2011 to $95.1 million in fiscal 2012 based upon increases of $4.0 and $2.5 million in Brazil and Scotland, respectively. Exchange rate fluctuations were unfavorable by $0.9 million.
Gross Margin
Gross margins increased $7.0 million or 12% and improved from 33.5% of sales to 34.3% of sales with sales volume and margin improvement representing $5.5 million and $1.5 million, respectively. North American gross margins increased $3.8 million or 14% from $26.4 million or 30% of sales in fiscal 2011 to $30.2 million or 32% of sales in fiscal 2012. The principal reasons for the North American margin improvement were higher plant utilization and improved efficiencies that more than offset a $0.6 million unfavorable swing in LIFO valuations. International gross margins increased $3.2 million or 10% based upon higher sales at all locations.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $6.0 million or 12%. North American expenses increased $1.1 million or 4%. Salaries and benefits represent $1.4 million of the increase partially offset by $0.4 million in lower amortization and depreciations costs. Bytewise expenses, which are included in North America represent a $1.4 million increase in fiscal 2012 expenses. International expenses increased $4.9 million or 20%, as a result of a $1.0 million increase in salaries and benefits; increased sales and marketing expenses of $0.5 of $0.7 million, respectively; higher research and development expenses of $0.6 million and a $0.8 million provision for bad debt.
Other (Expense) / Income
Other income increased $0.8 million from $0.5 million in fiscal 2011 to $1.3 million in fiscal 2012 principally due to favorable exchange rates as the Brazilian Real weakened against the US dollar partially offset by lower interest income.
Net Earnings
Net earnings increased $0.2 million from $5.3 million or $0.79 cents per share to $5.2 million or $0.82 cents per share.
Cash declined $7.2 million in the first three quarters of fiscal 2012 principally due to higher inventory levels. The inventory increase of $17.6 million is a timing issue related to inventory build up to reduce our backlog, extended lead time for certain raw materials and incremental inventory to support fiscal 2012 third and fourth quarter promotions. The $23.5 million increase in investing activities is the result of a $15.1 million net acquisition cost for Bytewise and $8.4 million on new capital equipment. The $21.2 million increase in financing activities includes $15.5 million ($14.2 million long-term $1.3 million short-term) related to the Bytewise acquisition and approximately $7.8 million borrowing to support the increase in inventory.
Liquidity and Credit Arrangements
The Company believes it maintains sufficient liquidity and has the resources to fund its operations. In addition to its cash and investments, the Company maintains a $23 million Line of Credit, of which, $15.1 million was outstanding as of March 31, 2012. Availability under the agreement is further reduced by open letters of credit totaling $0.4 million. The Line of Credit was modified in the second quarter of fiscal 2012 at which time certain financial covenants were amended. As of March 31, 2012, the Company was in compliance with all debt covenants related to its Line of Credit. The effective interest rate on the borrowings under the Line of Credit during the nine months ended March 31, 2012 was 1.91%.
The Company completed the negotiations for a new Loan and Security Agreement and executed the new agreement as of April 25, 2012 (see Note 9).
The Company has experienced modest inflation relative to its material cost, much of which cannot be passed on to the customer through increased prices.
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements, other than operating leases, that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, or capital resources.
There have been no material changes in qualitative and quantitative disclosures about market risk from what was reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011.
The Company's management, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the Company's disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2012, and they have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of such date. All information required to be filed in this report was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period required by the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. There have been no changes in internal control over financial reporting that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.
Management's remediation of the material weakness that existed as of June 30, 2011, and which was noted in Item 9A of the Company's 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on September 14, 2011, is not complete as of March 31, 2012. As part of the plan an internal resource was assigned with the responsibility of managing the Company's internal tax related processes and coordinating the tax calculation process with the Company's external consultant. This part of the remediation plan was considered complete as of the end of the first quarter fiscal 2012.
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements about the Company's business, competition, sales, expenditures, foreign operations, plans for reorganization, interest rate sensitivity, debt service, liquidity and capital resources, and other operating and capital requirements. In addition, forward-looking statements may be included in future Company documents and in oral statements by Company representatives to securities analysts and investors. The Company is subject to risks that could cause actual events to vary materially from such forward-looking statements. You should carefully review and consider the information regarding certain factors which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results set forth under Item 1A. "Risk Factors" in our Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2011. There have been no material changes from the factors disclosed in our Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2011.
In addition to the risk factors outlined in Form 10-K, management has developed a plan to remediate a material weakness over financial reporting, which is described in Part I, Item 4 in this Form 10-Q. We may disclose changes to such factors or disclose additional factors from time to time in our future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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The drive will be from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. today, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the center, 1915 Coulter St. Each donor will receive a car flag.
For more information, call Susan Leary at 358-4563.
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I have a hardy chicago fig tree from cutting now 18 months old. I placed it on my north porch 2 weeks ago, where it gets 1.5 hours of sunlight when the sun rise till the house shades it. It get 1 hour of broken sunlight as the sun sets. Do I need to increase the sunlight in increments or would it be OK to set it where it will get a full day of sun. I currently have 71 figs on it and I don't want to lose any or them if this is possible. I am very concerned that many of our starving squirrels would die. LOL. Thanks |
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- Posted by CharlieBoring 7 (My Page) on Fri, May 9, 14 at 6:49
I have cuttings that I transfered outside from having themunder lights. The immediately got about 6 hours of sun and seem to suffer no ill effects. If not extremely hot I would give it a try and keep watch to see if you see wilting. If so, move it to the shade. |
- Posted by poncirusguy 6b Cincinnati, OH (My Page) on Sun, May 11, 14 at 14:12
Charlie Thanks for the response. I got it out in a half day of sun per day. |
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By Frances Schwartzkopff - Aug 9, 2011 11:35 AM GMT+0200Tue Aug 09
Denmark, which slid back into a recession in the fourth quarter, is
committing to budget cuts even as it tackles a regional banking crisis
that has claimed two lenders this year and stalled a housing-market
Denmark will force through budget cuts to appease bond investors even as a
global equity slump and a deepening European debt crisis threaten to
derail a recovery, Finance Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen said.
"We need to continue consolidation," Frederiksen said in a phone interview
in Copenhagen yesterday. "Two things are dangerous in the current
situation. One is to raise taxes, the other is to raise debt levels in
Denmark. That would send a wrong signal to the international financial
Stocks slumped yesterday after Standard & Poor's downgraded the U.S. for
the first time, prompting crisis talks across the globe as leaders from
Germany to Japan thrashed out their response to the turmoil. Denmark,
which slid back into a recession in the fourth quarter, is committing to
budget cuts even as it tackles a regional banking crisis that has claimed
two lenders this year and stalled a housing-market recovery.
"We don't see, at this point, any reason to change our fiscal policies,"
Frederiksen said. Denmark's economy is"basically in a good condition" and
will expand 1.5 percent to 2 percent this year, he said.
Denmark has attracted international investor attention since the
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laws, in place since October, forcing senior creditors to accept losses in
insolvencies. Standard & Poor's said last month the country may face
another 15 failures, costing as much as 12 billion kroner ($2.3 billion)
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recovery. Still, the difference in 10-year government bond yields relative
to German bunds is narrower than spreads on any euro-area member's debt.
The Nordic country's 10-year government bond yesterday yields 25 basis
points more than German debt of a similar maturity.
The government faces a general election by November. Most polls show the
ruling Liberal-Conservative coalition will lose to the Social Democrat-led
opposition, which targets fewer spending cuts.
The central bank, which uses policy to peg the krone to the euro, warned
yesterday that the deteriorating global economic outlook may hurt
Denmark's recovery prospects.
"The central bank doesn't view a global recession as being probable,"
Governor Nils Bernstein said in an e-mailed reply to questions. "However,
there's no doubt that international growth prospects have weakened over
the summer. That will also affect Denmark, but by how much is still
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Svenska Handelsbanken AB in Copenhagen. He expects the economy to grow 0.8
percent in 2011.
"The recovery is ongoing but I see more weakening in the Danish economy
than the government is seeing," Asmussen said by phone. "Private
consumption will develop very weakly both this year and next year."
Denmark's current account and trade surpluses grew in June, indicating the
economy may have exited its recession last quarter and is poised to
deliver an export-led rebound.
The current account surplus widened to 12.2 billion kroner from 10.8
billion kroner in May while the trade surplus widened to 6.4 billion
kroner from 5.6 billion krone, the office said.
Exiting Recession
"It's clear that we've put the recession behind us in the second quarter,"
Rasmus Gudum, an economist at Svenska Handelsbanken AB in Copenhagen, said
in a note today. "But this continues to be completely due to the
development in external demand, which today's trade figures confirmed."
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economy is likely to fall into a recession again, threatening to stall
recovery prospects elsewhere.
"The growth outlook for Denmark, as well as most other countries,
deteriorated significantly over the summer, especially as a consequence of
this downgrade of the United States," Graven said. "We expect at least the
American economy to head for a double dip, and this would hugely affect
other economies, including Denmark." The government's "growth forecast
looks pretty optimistic today, as the world looks right now," he said.
Further Measures
Denmark's economy will expand 1.9 percent this year and 1.7 percent in
2012, the Finance Ministry said in May. The government will post a budget
deficit equivalent to 4.1 percent of gross domestic product this year and
the shortfall will widen to 4.3 percent in 2012, the ministry said. Debt
will swell to 45.5 percent of GDP next year from 42.5 percent in 2011, it
Denmark's government would only consider further measures to support the
economy "if the world's economy comes again to a standstill, or if the
U.S. or the southern European countries don't solve their debt problems
and don't adopt credible fiscal policies," Frederiksen said.


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